Pearl Church

Pearl Church is an inclusive, progressive church in Portland. Join us Sundays at 10:00am (kids and youth programs at 10:00am)

06/18/2026

Most kids grow up in churches where belonging is conditional—believe the right things, and then you'll belong and be loved.

We think that's backwards.

At Pearl, we start with Divine love. Then belonging. Then story—because kids who know they're loved and that they belong have something most of us didn't: the discernment to read sacred story in search of that love, not just obedience.

We don't hand children violent stories and ask them to trust a God who orders them. We give them sacred experiences first. And from that ground, they learn to recognize love and belonging wherever it shows up—even in the hard stories.

This is the order that changes everything.

Learn more at pearlchurch.org/kids

06/17/2026

St. Francis called the sun his brother and the moon his sister. Wendell Berry spent a lifetime farming the same Kentucky hillside, tending it like a relationship rather than a resource. Two voices, centuries apart, pointing to the same truth: we belong to this world, and it belongs to us.

Creation care isn't a political position. It's a spiritual practice—as old as the first breath blown into dust.

Dive deeper in our recent sermon, "Creation: St. Francis & Wendell Berry"
pearlchurch.org/sermons

06/16/2026

It's time for another beautiful hike—everyone is welcome to join! This is a great way to enjoy the outdoors and get to know others at Pearl Church. We'll enjoy some waterfalls at Falls Creek Falls. This is a lovely 4.5 mile trail about 1.5 hrs outside Portland, with 820 feet of elevation in the Gifford Pinchot Natl Forest. We will hike along Falls Creek in a lush forest to see a triple tier magnificent waterfall. After a nice lunch/snack break at the waterfall, we return on a loop to see a different section of the forest.

Sign up at pearlchurch.org/events to join us!

06/15/2026

Many of us grew up being told that science was the enemy of faith. But thinkers like St. Hildegard and Ilia Delio remind us that observation of creation has always been one of the ways humanity has encountered God. Science doesn't threaten faith. It can deepen it.

Hear more at pearlchurch.org/sermons

06/10/2026

If you stepped away from church because you couldn't square your faith with what it kept getting used for—we get it. Pearl is a small community in Portland trying to practice something different. Older than the culture wars. Quieter than the headlines. Come see if it's what you've been looking for. Sundays at 10am.

06/08/2026

So much of the Christianity many of us grew up with was narrowly focused on human souls—forgiveness, afterlife, getting it right. But what if the good news was always bigger than that? Francis thought so. Wendell Berry thought so. They saw Brother Sun, Sister Sparrow, the wolf and the soil as part of the story. And honestly? That sounds more like good news.

06/03/2026

When American Christianity seems to have lost the plot, there's somewhere else to look.

Not to the loudest voices or the biggest platforms—but to the mystics and poets, the women and outsiders who kept the way of Jesus alive when the institution couldn't.

This Ordinary Time, we're exploring the saints who never stopped moving forward. And seeing if their stories might do the same for us.

Sundays at Pearl Church, 10:00am. Starting June 7.

06/02/2026

As summer returns, school lets out and people begin to travel we’ll be back to our one service schedule beginning this Sunday, June 7. The service will be at 10:00am, with kids and youth programs offered during the 10am service. We’ll return to two services in the fall.

06/01/2026

What if every time someone really saw you, in all your mess and your beauty, that was God? Not a metaphor for God—actually God, showing up in the only way most of us ever get to feel it. That's the wild claim of Trinity Sunday. The love moving between us is the same love that holds the universe together.

Hear more of this week's sermon at pearlchurch.org/sermons

05/27/2026

Q***ring Theology
Thursday, June 11, 7:00pm
sign up at pearlchurch.org/events

Q***r theology isn't just for q***r folks.

Join us for Q***ring Theology, a conversation for anyone who's ever wondered whether the Christianity they inherited was telling the whole story. We'll explore how q***r theology doesn't just speak to LGBTQIA+ Christians, but challenges all of us to ask better questions: Who gets to define what faithfulness looks like? What voices has the tradition pushed aside? And what might the Spirit be doing in the places we've been told not to look?

Questions? Contact Ben Conachan ([email protected])

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721 NW 9th Avenue, Fl 2nd
Portland, OR
97209

Opening Hours

9am - 12pm

Website

http://www.pearlchurch.org/

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